“Perhaps this is what Henry James meant when he talked about the “irresponsibility” of characters. Characters are irresponsible, art is irresponsible when… — James Wood Copy Share Image
The confusing of marriage with morality has done more to destroy the conscience of the human race than any other single error. — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
Is god omnipotent ? If he is, can he create a rock so heavy he can't lift it ? — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
“We continue to need exhortations to be sympathetic and just, even if we do not believe that there is a God who… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
... when you make it a moral necessity for the young to dabble in all the subjects that the books on the… — Katharine Fullerton Gerould Copy Share Image
The reaction to 'Aftermath' has been far worse than to 'A Life's Work,' yet I find I'm perhaps a little less touched… — Rachel Cusk Copy Share Image
“Happiness induced morality does not say anything about the content of a person's character. The real mettle of an individual's character is… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
It is a notable circumstance that mothers who are themselves open to severe comments as to their, moral character, are generally most… — Antoine Rivarol Copy Share Image
To say that authority, whether secular or religious, supplies no ground for morality is not to deny the obvious fact that it… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
It is difficult to preach, this morality of mediocrity! It may never admit what it is and what it wants! It must… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
Must someone, some unseen thing, declare what is right for it to be right? I believe that my own morality - which… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
Books and theater were the way I understood the world and also the way I organized my sense of morality, of how… — Greta Gerwig Copy Share Image
“If there is an essence to this wordly life, then it is the basis of honesty [morality]. If you have little wealth… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“Day and Night The night is long: do not shorten it by sleep. The day is fair: do not darken it with… — Idries Shah Copy Share Image
We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics. Out of the collapse… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
“My view [is] that what morality boils down to is, 'Don’t harm, and do help.' And now the question is, 'Can creatures… — Shelly Kagan Copy Share Image
Islam takes advantage of two structural flaws that exist in the Western society. One is political correctness and other is the decline… — Ali Sina Copy Share Image
If there is one tendency of the day which more than any other is unhealthy and undesirable, it is the tendency to… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
“We awaken by asking the right questions. We awaken when we see knowledge being spread that goes against our own personal experiences.… — Suzy Kassem Copy Share Image
Now, because men of our contemporary age are caught up in the ascetic view of a life-denying religious system, but in spite… — Guido von List Copy Share Image
The morality of art consists in the perfect use of an imperfect medium. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
It is unreasonable [for a father] to expect moral success with [his] children without submitting to the laws of morality. — Larry Christenson Copy Share Image
All morality consists in a system of rules, and the essence of all morality is to be sought for in the respect… — Jean Piaget Copy Share Image
I had motives for not wanting the world to have meaning; consequently assumed that it had none, and was able without any… — Anonymous Copy Share Image